Climate & Environment

Typhoon Gaemi
The deaths were the first in China that appear linked to Typhoon Gaemi, which weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall on Thursday.

Gaemi hits China & Taiwan
All construction projects have also been stopped.

Ethiopia’s landslides
Women, children and police officers are among the dead.

Sudan floods
Above-normal rainfall for most of the Greater Horn of Africa is forecast this summer, potentially a disaster for Sudan’s already flood-prone areas.

Sudan floods
Floods in Oroma and Kassala in eastern Sudan. Several villages have been flooded on Wednesday.

Sulawesi island landslide
Deforestation and un-regulated mining operations in remote districts have added to landslide risks in the country.

Cape Town Storms
Authorities have issued weather warnings for the city through to the weekend. They’re predicting torrential rain, strong winds, flooding and possible mudslides.

Heat impacts agriculture in Kashmir
The soaring temperature in Kashmir, a major producer of strawberries and cherries, is impacting the produce of the local farmers.

A steaming hot summer
In the US, nearly 100-million people are under dangerous heat advisories.

Bangladesh heatwave
Despite the heat, about 33M children returned to school on Sunday, with hospitals still receiving a big number of patients suffering heatstroke, dehydration, exhaustion and ..

Climate change and health hazards
More than 26M million people worldwide living with chronic kidney disease linked to workplace heat stress.

ILO on climate change
The report estimates that 18,970 lives and 2.09M disability-adjusted life years are lost annually due to the 22.87M occupational injuries, which are attributable to excessive ..